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Eight landowners to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Letter from eight landowners (from Charamlah) to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma. The letter includes a report about peasants of Charamlah buying sheep, the problems of this transaction for the peasants, the possibility of their migration to Kurdistan, and having twenty women sent among the peasants to stop them from migrating.
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Settlement regarding Taraziyah Khanum's inheritance, 1903
The Catholics of Kurdistan claim that Taraziyah Khanum, daughter of Khvajah Bavi Masihi (Christian), endowed all her belongings to the Catholic Church of Kurdistan before her passing. This is confirmed by Khalifah Yusuf, the head of Chaldean Catholics of Tehran, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. However, Taraziyah Khanum's husband claims that she transferred her belongings to him in the presence of witnesses. A settlement is made to resolve the dispute, according to which five thousand tumans from her inheritance is paid to the church and the rest of her belongings go to her husband....
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Correspondence regarding the pension for ‘Abbas Khan's wife, 1903
Including 1- a petition by ‘Abbas Khan's wife, the former official in Sulaymaniyah, who worked for the Government of Iran but had Ottoman nationality, and neither government attended to his wife's rights. The Iranian Government has asked her to go to Kurdistan to receive a promissory note, but having ten children, she is not able to do so. She requests half of the payment in Sulaymaniyah. 2- A letter by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ‘Abbas Khan's wife states that according to the Shah's decree, ‘Abbas Khan is not eligible for any pensions and the hundred and twenty tumans he used to...